https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2022.1555

Emerging nailfold capillaroscopic patterns in COVID-19: from acute patients to survivors

Vol. 74 No. 4 (2022)
Submitted: 18 January 2023
Accepted: 22 February 2023
Published: 21 March 2023
Editorial , COVID-19, capillaroscopic patterns
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M. Cutolo
mcutolo@unige.it
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5396-0932
Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Italy - IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic, Genoa, Italy.
A. Sulli
Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Italy - IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic, Genoa, Italy.
V. Smith
Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University (Hospital), Ghent, Belgium; Unit for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Inflammation Research Centre, Ghent, Belgium.
E. Gotelli
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4732-0306
Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Italy - IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic, Genoa, Italy.

The SARS-CoV-2 infection causing the Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is characterized by a broad range of clinical manifestations, implicating microvascular damage with endothelial dysfunction and different organ involvement.

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Cutolo, M., Sulli, A., Smith, V., & Gotelli, E. (2023). Emerging nailfold capillaroscopic patterns in COVID-19: from acute patients to survivors. Reumatismo, 74(4). https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2022.1555
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